Marshall Sanford: “what I think the gentleman from Oklahoma is pointing out here is something that really the American public is way ahead…”

“what I think the gentleman from Oklahoma is pointing out here is something that really the American public is way ahead of us on. Unfortunately, he is exactly right in that this is beginning to show itself in the confidence that people have in government. Because I do not know if my colleagues have seen the Roper poll, but there was a Roper poll. It has been commissioned every single year, basically, for the last 30 years. In that poll, back in 1963, they basically said to the American public, ``Do you have confidence that people in Washington, that your government, will make the right decision?'' And 73 percent of Americans said, ``Yes, we believe that Washington, our government, will make that right decision.'' That poll, when it was taken last year, what people found was that 19 percent of Americans thought that Washington would make the right decision. That is reflected in the UFO poll that the gentleman mentioned. I saw some other crazy questions that were asked in a recent poll. One of the questions was, ``Which of the following is more likely to happen: You collect all the Social Security money that you are entitled to, or a pro wrestler is elected President?'' Believe it or not, more people thought that the pro wrestler would be elected President.”